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Thanks for being specific...

@Techspert
Dane: *moves forward*

How have you been, david?

@Techspert
Dane: I have been well. Trained a lot in between hanging out with a friend of mine, whom with I hope I can be more than just friends, one day...

@Techspert
Dane: you wouldn't be able to help. She is different from other women that ive met. She seems to enjoy my company, though, which is good.

*we reach a large, circular room, and the only light comes from a dimly lit containment tube, holding a very withered and beaten body*

...is that Mierno?

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*Turns the dial on again*

@Techspert
Dane: ...did you just... make a pun? Accidentally?

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And it's over!
*multiple beams come out of the ground and act as lightning rods, storing up the current*

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*Acid shoots into your eyes instead*

@Techspert
Dane: its just odd that you used body in that sentence when we are literally searching for one.

*looks to mierno*

... yeah, its definitely him... he doesnt look good. Lets find out whats going on in there.

*looks around for a computer panel*

@SpiritBlitz
*The cage turns into spikes*

*at the base, in the distance, a figure approaches*

@Spiritblitz

*It grows smaller*